The earthquakes and related tsunamis of October 6, 1944 and March 7, 1867; NE Aegean Sea

Natural Hazards

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-25

  Altinok Y ^a   Alpar, B ^a   Yaltirak C ^b   Pinar A ^a   Ozer N ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Gulf of Edremit; Moment tensor inversion; Seismic hazard; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; EARTHQUAKE; MOMENT TENSOR; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TSUNAMI EVENT;

AEGEAN SEA; GULF OF EDREMIT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 82855165068     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9949-7     Document Type: Article

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